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An Indian police officer walks past a burning tire during a protest after Friday prayers in Srinagar on May 25, 2018. Photo: Reuters/Danish Ismail
May 30,2018, 4:30
India’s police has a diversity problem: Too few Muslims
By Saurav Datta
Tangerang District Court in Banten, Indonesia. Photo: Google Maps
May 09,2018, 1:16
Indonesian pastor gets 4 years jail for religious defamation
By Asia Times staff
Indian chief of the religious sect Dera Sacha Sauda (DSS) Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh gestures during a news conference to launch the score for his film 'MSG-2 The Messenger'. Photo: AFP/ Punit Paranjpe
May 07,2018, 3:16
The anonymous letter that nailed India’s rapist ‘godman’
By Anurag Tripathi
Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah salutes the royal guard of honor during his 65th birthday celebrations in Bandar Seri Begawan. Photo: Reuters/Ahim Rani
Apr 23,2018, 6:03
How Islamic does Brunei want to be?
By Nile Bowie
Times Now editor-in-chief Rahul Shivshankar anchored the controversial segment. Photo: Quora
Apr 11,2018, 11:55
Fear, loss of jobs as Indian TV brands people ‘Hindu haters’
By Vishakha Saxena
Grace Poore
Mar 22,2018, 4:53
LGBT communities brace for criminalization
By Grace Poore
Akhila, 24, who converted to Islam in 2016 and took a new name, Hadiya, arrives at the airport in Kochi, India. Photo: Reuters / Sivaram V
Mar 08,2018, 7:55
India’s top court upholds freedom of choice in ‘love jihad’ case
By Asia Times staff
Happiness and life satisfaction levels vary across different religious groups. Photo: Pexels
Feb 28,2018, 10:09
Are religious people happier than non-religious people?
By Kayonda Hubert Ngamaba
Kyle Knight
Feb 14,2018, 4:04
Why criminalizing LGBT relationships is misguided
By Kyle Knight
Inside a Catholic church in Beijing. Photo: AFP / Wang Zhao
Feb 08,2018, 3:50
Vatican adviser creates storm comparing China to Catholic Church
By Gordon Watts
Ume Farwa
Feb 06,2018, 12:49
Can Sufi gatherings change extremist mindsets?
By Ume Farwa
A Malaysian Shiite Muslim performs religious rites inside a place of worship in the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in a file photo. Photo: AFP/Saeed Khan
Feb 03,2018, 12:32
No safe place for SEAsia’s Shia Muslims
By David Hutt
Islamic religious students take mid-term exams at Jamia Binoria, a seminary in Karachi, on January 26, 2017. Photo: AFP
Jan 28,2018, 10:16
New plan to ‘mainstream’ Pakistan’s madrassas faces hurdles
By F.M. Shakil
Catholic nuns in a healing protest in Manila on November 5, 2017. Catholic bishops led thousands of Philippine worshippers in calling for an end to killings in President Rodrigo Duterte's drug war as they urged police and troops to stop the violence. Photo: AFP/Noel Celis
Jan 04,2018, 3:22
After fiery start, Duterte warms to God
By Bong S Sarmiento
Marina Mahathir, the daughter of former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, pauses during an interview at her office in Kuala Lumpur in a file photo. Photo: AFP/Jimin Lai
Dec 28,2017, 2:55
Reimagining women’s rights in Islam
By Muhammad Cohen
Christmas decorations are seen in old Damascus, Syria, on December 15, 2017. Photo: Reuters / Omar Sanadiki
Dec 24,2017
Christmas lights re-appear after dark years for Syria’s Christians
By Sami Moubayed
Ume Farwa
Dec 12,2017, 3:38
Transforming Pakistan through meditation
By Ume Farwa
Jeremy Luedi
Dec 12,2017, 12:31
Religious traditions play role in India’s pollution problem
By Jeremy Luedi
Acharya Satyendra Das is the head priest of the makeshift Ram Janmabhoomi temple at Ayodhya. Photo: Kanchan Srivastava
Dec 06,2017, 1:34
Ram temple priest Das: BJP has power to act on Ayodhya dispute
By Kanchan Srivastava
Xuan Loc Doan
Nov 25,2017, 1:55
Pope’s risky peace mission to Myanmar
By Xuan Loc Doan
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